RE: VMWare ESXi

2010-11-01 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
copying files to/from it. T typed slowly on HTC Desire On 30 Oct 2010 19:59, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA rick.foga...@us.army.mil wrote: I have a Dell box that I'm using as a test ESXi server. It has some raw storage that isn't being used that I'd like to mount as a storage

VMWare ESXi

2010-10-30 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
I have a Dell box that I'm using as a test ESXi server. It has some raw storage that isn't being used that I'd like to mount as a storage for the network. Anyone have any ideas on the best way to do that? I'm currently looking at the VMWare NAS appliances to download, but the VMWare site is

RE: favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
http://www.androidapps.com/ http://www.androidapplabs.com/ But the one that Rod listed is probably the best. You can share your list of apps with friends. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT :

RE: OT : favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
I believe it’s hardware agnostic – it’ll run on most, if not all, Android devices. That is, if, you were selected to beta it. From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT : favorite Android Apps

RE: Resume best practices

2010-08-18 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
How'd it turn out? Not necessarily did you get the position, but when you got back to the office? If you don't mind sharing? -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Resume

RE: Off topic - Career Job Advice

2010-08-17 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
Thus, the need for the guns.. From: John Leto [mailto:jo...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 3:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Off topic - Career Job Advice Not if you live in the hood like I do -) From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]

RE: Web based scanning tool

2010-05-28 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
I think what you might be looking for is the www.disa.mil site. It has Security Guides (STIGs) as well as a tool that will scan your servers and workstations for any of the known vulnerabilities. I think, however, that this tool (DISA Gold Disk) is supported from a .mil address. Rick From:

Salary Comparison Help

2010-05-21 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
We're getting ready to rebid our IT contract. My position is considered a senior/critical position and am getting several offers from competitors for the rebid. The boss came to me and asked what it would take to keep me here for the next 7 months in addition to include any position that I

RE: Salary Comparison Help (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-05-21 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO Where is your area? From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA [mailto:rick.foga...@us.army.mil] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [AKO Warning - Message fails DKIM verification] Salary Comparison Help We're

RE: Bootable Vipre Rescue

2010-05-17 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
I use the Ultimate Boot Disk with I believe (it's been a bit since I had to use it) with an add-in for VIPRE Rescue. Might want to look into that. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Bootable Vipre

RE: WOL cost savings

2010-02-04 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
Perhaps some of these case studies can get you what you're looking for? http://www.1e.com/Customers/CaseStudies.aspx If you reach out to one of their salespeople, they will (I think) provide you with that information. -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar

RE: Virtualization Questions - More Q's

2008-12-30 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Extremely granular and an extreme PITA to do any work for. Need a VM for testing purposes? A minimum 3 month process as it went thru all the change control processes. Although I don't appreciate the 3 month process, from my experience on huge networks, using a structured methodology such as

RE: Virtualization Questions

2008-12-29 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
In my experience, most vendors don't want to support a system where another product could change the configuration. To me, with them, it's not about the hardware or the processing power - in most cases, it's about the internal configurations of the OS or software. They usually make perfect VM

RE: Virtualization Questions

2008-12-29 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
To piggy-back off of what Andy has stated - remember, even if you can't get multiple virtual systems on a physical box -you're getting other intangibles with it. For example, having an SQL app that simply won't allow (for any number of reasons) any other guest on the same physical box, you get to

RE: Image deployment to two disparate networks

2008-12-15 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Correct. During the PE boot, it pulls the image (the PE boot image) from the network. I'm told we can put a certificate on that image. We're going to test to ensure that the PE image does in fact use the certificate. If so, does our infrastructure support this method, we'll test whether using

RE: philadelphia area admins

2008-11-25 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Jake, Just curious, where in LBC are you located? Rick From: Jake Gardner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 1:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: philadelphia area admins Thanks Don, but I'm not sure what 'nice list' you're seeing. I see Linux, Mac,

RE: philadelphia area admins

2008-11-25 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Network Administrator Ext. 246 _ From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: philadelphia area admins Jake, Just curious, where in LBC are you located? Rick From: Jake

RE: staff to equipment to end users ratios

2008-11-12 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Couple that paper with this book, and this question will almost assuredly never come up again: The Visible Ops Handbook: ISBN: 0-9755686-1-2 (http://www.amazon.com/Visible-Ops-Handbook-Implementing-Practical/dp/097556 8612/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8qid=1226504038sr=11-1) Rick -Original

RE: Spam:Re: OT: Humor - Remember These?

2008-11-10 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Sounds kinda personal….. From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spam:Re: OT: Humor - Remember These? I blew a softball at the beginning, and ended up at 7/10. Went 10/10 on the gameshow themes though J

RE: Spam:Re: OT: Humor - Remember These?

2008-11-10 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oy, leave it to the military guy to pick on that one. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spam:Re: OT: Humor

RE: Spam:Re: OT: Humor - Remember These?

2008-11-10 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spam:Re: OT: Humor - Remember These? Sounds kinda personal... From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:12

RE: Dell account and DIY replacements

2008-09-12 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
My understanding is you can get that by becoming a Dell Certified Tech. From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell account and DIY replacements What size of Dell account do you have to have to be able

RE: WAP's

2008-09-11 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
I think I'd figure out what the problem was with the others. Something tells me that you've probably got quite a bit of interference. Perhaps a true wireless survey is in order? Sometimes those will pay back in dividends... -Original Message- From: Fergal O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: taskmgr + logging software?

2008-09-05 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Perfmon? -Original Message- From: Edward B. DREGER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: taskmgr + logging software? Greetings all, Can someone recommend a software packages that's similar to taskmgr with logging? I'd

RE: DNS problem

2008-09-03 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
You have a WINS server up and running? From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DNS problem @ Jon Harris: Yes, I've looked at the DNS Server, it's our SBS server. It has two nics, one of which is on

RE: AD maintenance?

2008-09-03 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
We run a reconciliation between our SMS box, our AD infrastructure, EPO, WSUS, Solarwinds, Symantec, and Remedy. We're in the process of scripting an insertion of a trouble ticket for someone to physically clean these issues up. Currently, someone has to manually clean them - and I'm not sure

RE: AD maintenance?

2008-09-03 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
I'm assuming with that said, you have no Configuration Management process to identify standards and such? That'd be the way to go. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 1:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: AD maintenance? Thanks. The

RE: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager

2008-08-29 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
I think this is what you're looking for. http://www.myitforum.com/lists/#Microsoft_Systems_Management_Server_(SMS)_Li st It's quite active. From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 7:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Microsoft System Center Configuration

RE: cleaning up C drive of SBS 2003

2008-08-21 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Any reason you can't remove any and all patches that would normally be allowed a rollback. That sometimes can amount to more than 500MB -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: After-hours work

2008-08-18 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
I think it is time for IT based Unions... That, or you find a new job Remember, you have to lie down to be a door mat -Original Message- From: Nikki Peterson - OETX [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: After-hours work

2008-08-18 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it is time for IT based Unions... That, or you find a new job Remember, you have to lie down to be a door mat -Original Message- From: Nikki Peterson - OETX [mailto:[EMAIL

MS Support using VMWare

2008-08-05 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Anyone know if is it possible to get number associated with MS support calls where the customer was asked to reproduce a problem in a non-virtual environment 1.) and it fixed the problem and 2.) didn't fix the problem? Thanks Rick Rick Fogarty Team EITC, Senior Systems Engineer Planning

RE: MS Support using VMWare

2008-08-05 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
true. But beyond that it would be breaking NDA. (And I don't have numbers anyway.) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05

RE: VMWare and Exchange

2008-08-01 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
in the same frame From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 August 2008 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare and Exchange I've worked with the VMWare engineer. His statement was pretty much what I

RE: VMWare and Exchange

2008-08-01 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Yes. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare and Exchange What speed fiber? 4gb? On 7/31/08, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've worked

RE: Exchange on VM using NetApp storage

2008-08-01 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
We haven't tested that yet, but it's supposed to work well. -Original Message- From: Sauvigne, Craig M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange on VM using NetApp storage For those using a NetApp SAN (FCP or iSCSI)

RE: VMWare and Exchange

2008-07-31 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
We're looking at three clusters (6 boxes) with around 20k users.. From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare and Exchange I haven't run Exchange non virtualized since exchange 2k :) As far as

RE: VMWare and Exchange

2008-07-31 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
We were going to cluster it and try it in the lab and try to see what our performance is. Our serves will be DL585, quad proc quad core, with 64GB Ram. Attached will be a NetAPP 6080 with fiber channel connections. I'm not sure IO issues will be a concern. However, MS is strongly recommending

RE: VMWare and Exchange

2008-07-31 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Yes, we're up with the similar system. E2k3 using FC NetApp6080 21k users. I'm quite sure we'll have little to no issues, but wanted to check. We have a MS support engineer at our disposal and he has mentioned time and time again that they don't support it - but did say that they will do

RE: VMWare and Exchange

2008-07-31 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
but cannot find the references and it was a year or two ago I researched it so it may have changed since then. Steven On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Care to share the size of your environment? -Original Message- From

Image - destructive load

2008-06-30 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
We have a requirement to load our new image on close to 30,000 desktops. I'm attempting to put together a project management plan to do so and wanted to know if anyone has seen such a plan? We have noted that in most cases, our users are not storing their MyDocuments on the server, so we want to

RE: Image - destructive load

2008-06-30 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 1 July 2008 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Image - destructive load We have a requirement to load our new image on close to 30,000 desktops. I'm attempting to put together a project

RE: VMWare / Virtualization

2008-06-25 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Directory, including issues with USN Rollback when restoring from snapshots. See: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=64db845d-f7a3-4209- 8ed2-e261a117fc6bdisplaylang=en Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: VMWare / Virtualization

2008-06-25 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2008 10:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare / Virtualization I've heard about the FSMO role issue as well, just don't understand it. Simply having those roles (to me) doesn't compute the necessity

RE: VMWare / Virtualization

2008-06-25 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
them all. Greg From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2008 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare / Virtualization Excellent points. I had forgotten about our RAS box and I didn't know about

RE: VMWare / Virtualization

2008-06-25 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Yes, we're planning on using DRS and Vmotion as well. There are opportunities for us to simply use one virtual server per one physical box, but the DR portion built in provides us with a much better environment. Thanks! -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: VMWare / Virtualization

2008-06-24 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Thanks. We're looking at the same thing - however, ours were spec'd with 32GB to 64GB of RAM depending upon the function. However, now that I think it would probably be in our best interest to just push them out with 64. We're looking at a 10 - 1 ratio. First stage pulling 100 down to a

RE: VMWare / Virtualization

2008-06-24 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Excellent points. I had forgotten about our RAS box and I didn't know about the Oracle issue - I'll have to dig into that one. E2k7 - that shouldn't be an issue as we have an Enterprise agreement and moving it to a physical box for support shouldn't be an issue. -Original Message- From:

RE: VMWare / Virtualization

2008-06-24 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
I've heard about the FSMO role issue as well, just don't understand it. Simply having those roles (to me) doesn't compute the necessity of a physical box. Wish I understood the reasoning a bit better. I too love the DR portion of it. It's one of the main reasons we're pushing hard for this to

RE: 64 Bit Server Suggestions

2008-05-22 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Speaking of this.. (sorry to hijack the thread but there is a correlation) Anyone know of a way to determine what would be best: 2 - Quad core processors 4 - Dual core processors When purchasing VMWare the former is half the price. Just wondering if there is any difference in

RE: 64 Bit Server Suggestions

2008-05-22 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
. With VMWare (or any virtualization for that matter) you run out of memory long before you run out of CPU horsepower. From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 64 Bit Server Suggestions

RE: 64 Bit Server Suggestions

2008-05-22 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
you run out of CPU horsepower. From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 64 Bit Server Suggestions Speaking of this.. (sorry to hijack the thread but there is a correlation) Anyone

RE: Explorer.exe 100%

2008-03-17 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
This it? http://www.espinola.net/wiki/WSUS_Update_and_Reboot From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Explorer.exe 100% I recall a thread a while back about a Windows update that caused explorer.exe to consume

RE: Firewall recommendations

2008-03-10 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Personally, the Watchguard's that I've deployed have been rock solid. From: Jonathan Kadoo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Firewall recommendations Good day everyone, just looking for some opinions. I currently have

RE: Mcafee Total Data Protection

2008-03-03 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
http://www.checkpoint.com/products/datasecurity/index.html Maybe a solution for you. From: Mark Boersma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mcafee Total Data Protection Anyone out there running Mcafee Total Data Protection

RE: If you're monitoring your servers thoroughly....

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
I agree with each assessment given; however, I think the biggest problem is not the tools - as already stated, most aren't perfect. The problem is people just don't understand change management. As suggested in this book (The Visible Ops Handbook -

RE: Exchanged cached mode

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
No, you're looking at one or the other. Think of the OST as a good thing. If the system goes down and nothing can be recovered, the users simply logs into a new system and they've lost very little (stuff that was stored on the bad system - nick names etc). OST = Good in this case. From: Jon

RE: Exchanged cached mode

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Gavin Wilby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IME Outlook is quicker in the main too! On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, you're looking at one or the other. Think of the OST as a good thing

RE: Exchanged cached mode

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
I hate being in this position. Jon On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That appears to be a cultural issue. What we've done, is setup a PST for those users to move stuff they wanted archived. A true archive system might be able

RE: Exchanged cached mode

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
. It is not supported. Mike _ From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchanged cached mode No, you're looking at one or the other. Think of the OST as a good thing

RE: Exchanged cached mode

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
users happy, or we do something else. Jon On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I'd sell it as a method to provide greater functionality. Using an OST ensures the users have the ability to move to a new system at a moment's notice

RE: Exchanged cached mode

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
at 12:44 PM, Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, you're looking at one or the other. Think of the OST as a good thing. If the system goes down and nothing can be recovered, the users simply logs into a new system and they've lost very little (stuff that was stored

RE: If you're monitoring your servers thoroughly....

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
IMHO, being a good sys admin has nothing to do with a particular system. Being hardware/software agnostic is probably best, but understanding policy, procedure and best practices are a best bet overall. Getting an understanding and then more than an understanding of ITSFM or ITIL is in EVERY sys

RE: Sysadmin book recommendations (was: monitoring your servers thoroughly)

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Any of the cookbooks by Robbie Allen would be a good add to the list. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Sysadmin book recommendations (was: monitoring your servers thoroughly) On

RE: SharePoint database consideration

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Are you talking about portal or WSS? If I'm not mistaken, MS only recommends MSDE as a proof of concept. There is an article, just can't seem to locate it right now. From: Ara Avvali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Ultimate Developer/Power User Tool List

2008-02-27 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Excellent tools there. When I found it a bit ago, I picked up several that have helped me tremendously. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ultimate Developer/Power User Tool List Good

RE: Wireless Network

2008-02-19 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Comments in line. -Original Message- From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wireless Network I was told today that I'm going to be setting up a wireless network in two days. I'm a server guy

RE: Group Policy --- Offline Files

2008-02-14 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
If it's only that one person, can't you manually set hers to offline on the laptop? From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Group Policy --- Offline Files Hey List. I have UserA. She want's to have

RE: Regarding Trojan Infections!

2008-02-14 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
: Regarding Trojan Infections! I agree with this for the most part. Takes a lot less time to re-image a machine than to dig through registry entries, and folders looking for remnants of a virus/malware, etc. Joe Heaton From: Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR

RE: Certs + Experience + which degree?

2008-02-08 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
John do you have info on that? And that sounds like instate rate too, no? From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Certs + Experience + which degree? I’m looking at FSU’s MIS degree. The cost is

RE: Best practices question

2008-02-06 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
As he's opening up 1433, I'd think the db was on the back end behind the firewall. -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Best practices question Kurt, Does the SQL database reside

RE: Server naming

2008-02-05 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Never heard that one before. Have you ever found anything that substantiates that? From: Les B. Minaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 1:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server naming I too, would like to know why. I remember taking an MS

RE: Big log file

2008-02-05 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
I use this... http://www.context.cx/ Has never failed me -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Big log file I've been using pfe32.exe for years - it is free, but not open source, and

RE: lsass.exe question

2008-02-05 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Congrats. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: lsass.exe question Dang, Z. Thanks for bringing the whole freakin' list into my personal life. Sheesh. Oh well, Wife is doing as good as to be

RE: Forum or list for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

2008-01-28 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
This one is pretty active. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sharepointdiscussions/ From: MarvinC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Forum or list for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Anyone know of a list dealing with

RE: Active Directory User and Home Folder creation problems. FIXED.

2008-01-25 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Personally, and because of the problem you just ran into, I think you'll find most people set the share to everyone full control, then lock it down with NTFS permissions. Just my $0.02 From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: Tech Resume

2008-01-23 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC
Yeah, I'm of the school one should be able to communicate, effectively, about their work experience. Asking the right questions usually weeds out the undesirables. Although, I do like the idea of the portfolio - never seen one in this field though - it sounds like a good idea. From: Don Ely